A modernized, queer reading of the Torah In the Jewish tradition,
reading of the Torah follows a calendar cycle, with a specific
portion assigned each week. These weekly portions, read aloud in
synagogues around the world, have been subject to interpretation
and commentary for centuries. Following on this ancient tradition,
Torah Queeries brings together some of the world's leading rabbis,
scholars, and writers to interpret the Torah through a "bent lens".
With commentaries on the fifty-four weekly Torah portions and six
major Jewish holidays, the concise yet substantive writings
collected here open up stimulating new insights and highlight
previously neglected perspectives. This incredibly rich collection
unites the voices of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and
straight-allied writers, including some of the most central figures
in contemporary American Judaism. All bring to the table unique
methods of reading and interpreting that allow the Torah to speak
to modern concerns of sexuality, identity, gender, and LGBT life.
Torah Queeries offers cultural critique, social commentary, and a
vision of community transformation, all done through biblical
interpretation. Written to engage readers, draw them in, and, at
times, provoke them, Torah Queeries examines topics as divergent as
the Levitical sexual prohibitions, the experience of the Exodus,
the rape of Dinah, the life of Joseph, and the ritual practices of
the ancient Israelites. Most powerfully, the commentaries here
chart a future of inclusion and social justice deeply rooted in the
Jewish textual tradition. A labor of intellectual rigor, social
justice, and personal passions, Torah Queeries is an exciting and
important contribution to the project of democratizing Jewish
communities, and an essential guide to understanding the
intersection of queerness and Jewishness.
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